Process of printing rugs.



G. PRIFOLD,

' PROCESS OF PRINTING RUGS.

I APPLICATION FILED FEB. 29, 1916. 1,1 9 1 ,825. Patented July 18, 1916.

Z M M 0/ M0 0000000 0000000 1 0 000 000 5 0000000 0000000 0000000 0000000 z 0000000 KIS GEORGE PRIFOLD, 0F LINWOOD, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE CONGOLEUM COMPANY, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, A CORPORATION OF PENNSYL- VANIA.

PROCESS OF PRINTING BUGS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 18, 1916.

Application filed February 29, 1916. Serial No. 81,188.

To all whom itmag concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE PRIFOLD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Linwood, county of Delaware, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in Processes of Printing Rugs, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to reduc the number of blocks used in printing rugsl The invention is particularly adapted for printing designs in paint colors on coated materials.

Heretofore, it has been the practice to make a set of independent blocks for each end of the rug which includes the end border design and another set of blocks for the center having the continuations of the side borders of the rug. These rugs are made by a continuous process in which the mate rial is intermittently moved under a series of blocks, each having an independent vertical movement to and fromthe material.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a diagrammatic inverted plan view illustrating a printing block showing the design thereon for printing the two end borders of a rug; Fig. 2 is a diagrammatic inverted plan view of a block having a design thereon for printing the body of the rug and continuations of the side borders; Fig. 3 is a diagrammatic View showing a stripwith a series of rug designs.

printed thereon, and Fig. 4 is a wow of a completed rug.

While, in practice, each block is made in a number of sections and the designs of the sections are formed by dots or lines, I, have shown the figures on the blocks, as well as the design, in solid colors to avoid unnecessary details.

Referring to the drawings, a and b are two rectangular printing blocks used in a machine of the type illustrated in the Letters Patent granted to William H. Waldron, for a block printing machine, No. 1,145,821, July 6, 1915. The block a has a design formed thereon consisting of the two end borders 0 and c which include the short sections of the side borders and in addition to this there is a design (1 of any. suitable type forming a portion of the body design of the rug. The block b has continuations c of the'side borders and also has the body designs d, which are spaced so as to conform to the body deslgn 03.

There are two blocks used for each color and the number of blocks will depend entirely upon the number of colors to be used 1n pr1nting a series of rugs. The material 00, Fig. 3, is in the form of a long strip and, in the present instance, consists of a felt plece coated with suitable material to form a printing surface, although it may have a woven base, such as ordinary oilcloth', without departing from the essentialfeatures of the invention.

The material is passed intermittently through a machine of the type-above described and the blocks a and b are secured to the carriers of the machine and the movenism so timed that as the material passes through the machine the proper design will be printed on the material, such as that illustrated in Fig. 4, one design following another, as shown in Fig. 3. After the printin is finished, the material is dried in any sultable apparatus and is cut into sections to form rugs, as illustrated in Fig. 4.

In the present type of machine, the width of the block is limited to about one foot, six inches, and two border designs each eight inches, wide can be formed on such a block. The width of the border will be defined by the width of the block.

pressions on the strips of material with both blocks so that a series of complete rugs will be printed on the strip; and finally severing the strip on the lines of the rug de signs, making individual rugs.

GEORGE PRIFOLD. 

